Coffee and tea pot.



W. V. LETHBRBURY. COFFEE AND TEA POT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14, 1909.

Patented Nov. 15,1910.

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COFFEE AND TEA POT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

Application filed September 14, 1909. Serial No. 517,559.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. LETHER- BURY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hagerstown, in the county of WVashington and Stateof Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffeeand Tea Pots, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coffee and tea pots, the objectof the invention being to provide an improved construction of casing andspout formed integrally from a single piece of sheet metal, and one inwhich a strainer is normally held in a grooved portion of the spout, andwhich may be readily removed, allowing the spout to be cleanedthoroughly with the pot, making the device a sanitary one, and one inwhich no partition is provided between the spout and pot other than thescreen or strainer.

WVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a view in side elevationillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, is an enlarged fragmentary View invertical section, and Fig. 3, is a top plan view showing the cover inopen position.

1 represents the body of the coffee pot, which is bent intosubstantially the shape shown, and from this body portion the spout 2 isstamped or drawn outward, but integral with the body 1, said spout beingbent as shown at 3 from a point at its upper edge all around the spoutback to a point at its upper edge opposite the first point referred to,and said portion 3 being approximately parallel with the curve or lineof demarcation between the spout and the body portion as illustratedat 1. This grooved portion 3 is adapted to receive therein a screen orstrainer 5, which latter is preferably of wire netting, but may be ofother material, and is of general triangular shape to fit the spout andserve as a perforated partition between the spout and the pot,compelling all coffee or tea which passes. out through the spout to passthrough the strainer before doing so.

7 represents a cover adapted to fit the body portion, and extend partlyover the open upper end of the spout far enough to project over theupper end of the strainer 5, and provided with a hinged door orextension 8 covering the outer end of the spout, and which latter willbe opened by the pressure of liquid flowing outward, but normally closedto prevent the entrance of dust and foreign matter.

The pot is of course provided with a handle, a simple form being shownat 9, and may be designed and ornamented in various ways, and might ofcourse be made of material other than metal.

With my improvements it will be noted that when it is desired to cleanthe pot, the strainer 5 can be drawn out of its spout and thoroughlycleaned, and the spout and the pot can both be thoroughly cleaned, ascleaning devices can be readily passed up and down the spout andthroughout the interior of the pot.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangements of parts described without departing from my invention, andhence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of the claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A pot of the character described, comprising a body, a spout integralwith the body, projecting outward from the body at its upper portion,and said spout bent forming an internal groove extending around thespout at a point removed from the body, and on a line approximatelyparallel with the line of demarcation between the spout and the bodyportion, a removable strainer located inthe groove in the spout, a coveron said body, having an extension projecting over the grooved portion ofthe spout and disposed above the strainer, and a hinged section on saidcover normally closing the outer end of the spout, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM V. LETI-IERBURY.

Witnesses:

FRANK P. SEARFoss, GEO. D. SHEEHY.

